wiki says -> YouTube is an American online video sharing
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_video_platform> and social media
platform <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_media> owned by Google
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google> .
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube
so is a platform, NOT publisher
trouble is -> it got criticized for what it shows -> so now starts
censoring
------ Original Message ------
From: "Jed Rothwell" <jedrothw...@gmail.com>
To: "Vortex" <vortex-l@eskimo.com>
Sent: Monday, 20 Sep, 21 At 15:21
Subject: Re: [Vo]:Copy of "A Brief Introduction to Cold Fusion" without
YouTube ads
H LV <hveeder...@gmail.com <mailto:hveeder...@gmail.com> > wrote:
Platform, or Publisher?
If Big Tech firms want to retain valuable government protections, then
they need to get out of the censorship business.
If they are trying to shield themselves claiming "platform" rights under
Code 230, that's unfair. I don't know what the story is. In my opinion
they are definitely publishers, not platforms. So am I, at
LENR-CANR.org. I would not want to be considered a platform because
someone could force me to publish something I disagree with, as long as
the document was legal in the sense it was not porn or libel. I think
Facebook should have the same rights I do.
A platform would be an ISP, such as Jumpline, which hosts LENR-CANR.org.
They are not responsible for anything I upload. Suppose their management
was strongly in favor of plasma fusion and they agreed with Robert Part
that cold fusion is criminal fraud and lunacy. They would still not have
the right to throw me out. That's the point of U.S. Code 230. As I
recall, Jumpline does have a policy that they will remove websites that
host illegal activities. Looking at it the other way, an ISP has a "good
Samaritan" right to refuse to host websites which they sincerely believe
violate the laws:
(2)Civil liabilityNo provider or user of an interactive computer service
<https://www.law.cornell.edu/definitions/uscode.php?width=840&height=800&iframe=true&def_id=47-USC-1900800046-1237841278&term_occur=999&term_src=>
shall be held liable on account of—
(A)
any action voluntarily taken in good faith to restrict access to or
availability of material that the provider or user considers to be
obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy, excessively violent, harassing, or
otherwise objectionable, whether or not such material is
constitutionally protected; or
(B)
any action taken to enable or make available to information content
providers
<https://www.law.cornell.edu/definitions/uscode.php?width=840&height=800&iframe=true&def_id=47-USC-10252844-1237841279&term_occur=999&term_src=title:47:chapter:5:subchapter:II:part:I:section:230>
or others the technical means to restrict access to material described
in paragraph (1).
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/47/230
<https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/47/230>
By the way, I am not actually opposed to uploading attacks on cold
fusion. On the contrary, I asked Robert Park and John Huizenga for
permission to upload their work. They never responded. I would not want
to be forced to upload anything, but I would be pleased to upload their
stuff. I have never refused a paper. In a few cases, I suggested the
paper be uploaded somewhere else, because it seemed off-topic. The
authors were happy to put the papers elsewhere. If someone submits a
paper on magnetic motors I would probably refuse it because it seems to
have no relationship to cold fusion. That hasn't happened.
There are papers by the late Ken Shoulders about something called EVOs.
I have not read these papers. I glanced at one years ago. I could not
make head or tail of it. I have no idea what an EVO is. As far as I can
tell they have nothing to do with cold fusion. But some people recently
suggested I upload the papers anyway. I guess that is okay. If that's
what the audience wants to see. I don't have copies but someone may send
me one. Generally speaking, I want to avoid off-topic papers because
they annoy the readers. People tell me they come to LENR-CANR.org to
find information on cold fusion, and they do not want to have to sort
through other papers about magnetic motors or what-have-you. My "no
off-topic" rule is not hard and fast. I have a few papers that are not
about cold fusion, such as this one about plasma fusion and fission
reactors:
https://www.lenr-canr.org/acrobat/KrakowskiRlessonslea.pdf
<https://www.lenr-canr.org/acrobat/KrakowskiRlessonslea.pdf>
